Information modeling is concerned with the construction of computer-based symbol
structures which capture the meaning of information and organize it in ways that make it …

Knowledge bases, data bases and object-oriented systems (referred to in the paper as
Object-Centered systems) all rely on attributes as the main construct used to associate …

Given the central role that software development plays in the delivery and application of
information technology, managers are increasingly focusing on process improvement in the …

Research on ontology is becoming increasingly widespread in the computer science
community. While this term has been rather confined to the philosophical sphere in the past …

Organizational databases are pervaded with data of poor quality. However, there has not
been an analysis of the data quality literature that provides an overall understanding of the …

The deep structure of an information system comprises those properties that manifest the
meaning of the real‐world system the information system is intended to model. In this paper …

An ontological model of an information system that provides precise definitions of
fundamental concepts like system, subsystem, and coupling is proposed. This model is used …

Data warehouses have captured the attention of practitioners and researchers alike. But the
design and optimization of data warehouses remains an art rather than a science. This book …

Conceptual models or semantic data models were developed to capture the meaning of an
application domain as perceived by someone. Moreover, concepts employed in semantic …

Abstract Knowledge management research focuses on concepts, methods, and tools
supporting the management of human knowledge. The main objective of this paper is to …